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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 5468532" data-attributes="member: 64209">Well, in terms of "supporting older editions" that could mean (what I would love) putting out, and keeping in print, at a minimum the core books for each edition. But that's even more than what I think would be necessary.  I'm just saying that they're intentionally trying to remove support for older edtions (like yoinking all their pdfs). I disagree that my claim of "appealing to authority" was a dirty tactic. I certainly didn't indend it to be dirty. Your original post read (to me) to have a bit of an "I win" flavor to it...and a bit of a "you're wrong" to Dannyalcatraz. If that intent and emotion wasn't there, then I'll admit I was wrong in the "appeal to authority", and apologize for claiming it.  I do think Mearls wrote a very similar article to what you had written (so much so that I wonder if he read it and borrowed some of the ideas or the thematic concept...not plagarized, but inspired by you).   Not sure what you meant by this.  Well, you bring up a sore spot, and then are surpised that people complain.  I mean, there have been a number of threads of late discussing how this concept just doesn't work for people. I honestly don't think this article adds to that discussion. Plus, when you said it, it had an air of sincerity to it. I believe it is truly what you want.  When Mearls says it (given that he's a WotC employee), I believe it less, but I'd believe it much more if it were a post of his on ENworld or on a blog...it'd be more personal. When Mearls says it in an official WotC publication, I believe it even less (the sincerity of the sentiment, not the sentiment itself). Given WotC's 3e is badwrongfun and yoinking of pdfs to name the two most opposing perspectives taken by the company as a whole, when Mearls says "It's all good, and it's all D&D" it rings hollow. Hence, at least speaking for myself, is why, if anything, this took a point I don't agree with and made it into "a point I don't agree with said by a company that doesn't believe it either."  When the article smells like hypocrisy (again, yours was sincere, this, for the reasons I mentioned has a bit of an odor), you're going to get some negative responses, some of which will point out that very hypocrisy itself.</blockquote>

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